Christie’s to Sell Ferguson Wine Including Romanee-Conti

By Guy Collins -
Apr 16, 2014

Christie’s International Plc plans
to auction vintage wines collected bySir Alex Ferguson, former
coach of Manchester United soccer team, which it estimates will
fetch more than 3 million pounds ($5 million).

The sales will include six bottles of Romanee-Conti 1999
Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Grand Cru Burgundy, which together
with a signed Champions League shirt from that year, may sell
for as much as HK$850,000 ($110,000) and 12 bottles of the 2000
vintage from Pomerol grower Chateau Petrus, priced to sell for
as much as HK$550,000, according to an e-mail from Christie’s.

The sales are scheduled for Hong Kong on May 24 and London
on June 5, with an online-only auction set to run from June 9 to
June 23, Christie’s said.